Ulteo is an interesting concept. Rather than being just another Linux distribution, founder Gaël Duval (previously of Mandriva fame), wants to simplify the way you use your computer and your digital life. Apparently.

The way this is done is by combining an online service and a desktop client operating system. Instead of having all your information locally on your PC, much of it can be stored online and then ...

When it comes to free software desktop solutions, Linux tends to get most of the coverage. Now Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE etc. are all well and good, but it's all too easy to forget that there are other operating systems out there too that can do th e job.

BSD-based operating systems have been around for a very long time, but traditionally, the big BSD distros like FreeBSD focus on ...

The Fedora Project have announced the immediate availability of Fedora 8, codenamed Werewolf.

The new release includes PulseAudio, which I covered recently, new Fedora Custom Spins, where you can download a pre-built Fedora image with the packages you want, Codec Buddy for easy playback of media which Fedora doesn't support out of the box (such as proprietary formats) and many more updates and enhancements.